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MP2 is AWESOME- BUY IT TODAY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Awesome sequel to a great game. Bullet-time has a new spin that will amaze you. You must see it. Everyone will imitate this game just like the 1st one. Graphics are truly awesome ( especially on Xbox ). Music and sound effects will emerse you into this game for hours. Don't believe the nonsense about it being too short or easy. If it's easy for you, then raise the difficulty level to your standards. The cut scenes are shorter from the 1st one, so the action is less interrupted and makes the game much smoother to play. Please Buy This Game. You won't be disappointed.

Make a game in which I can just kill everything...OK...good.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Even if dumbed-down from the PC version, the physics in this game are really slick. Shoot at the pop can, hit the pop can, pop can fly, pop can spin, pop can land and make crunch noise. Shoot at the villian, hit the villian, villain fly, villain spin, villain land and say, "Noooo," or, "Aaarghhh!"

Max Payne 2's story, characters, and level design are all engrossing and improved from those of the preceding game, as well. A brilliant little gem of a game. It gets four stars because it only takes 6-7 hours and there is no replay value whatsoever. (...)

Love hurts.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a good game, but its not a five star one. The first Max Payne was even better than this for a few reasons. One of the reasons is the gameplay was unique at the time, and it was the first game that had bullet time, and argubly the only game that didnt use bullet time as a gimmick (i.e. Dead to Rights and Enter the Matrix). Another one of the reasons was the storyline was better. This time the gameplay just doesent feel as fresh either. Its still a fun game though. I'll tell you about the positives now that i've got the negatives out of the way. The gameplay, while not as fresh, is still fun and this is one of the best action games around. The storyline also has interesting plot twists. The bullet time is still here, and its better than ever. It also has pretty good graphics. Its short, but its good while it lasts. You can probably beat it in a weekend rentle. If you were a fan of the first game(like me), you will enjoy this game. If you werent a fan, you wont like this. Its a good action game, and one of the most intense. Check it out. Play the first one first though.

Max Payne Returns!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

WARNING: game contains foul language, sexual situations and extreme violence. This is not for kids!

Max Payne, returns in this awesome sequel. This game picks up where the first one left off. Max Payne falls in love with a beautiful assassin, named Mona. They both become targets of a contract hit. They start getting answers step by step. This game has the same excellent quality as the first Max Payne, but they also refined the gameplay by; improving the ragdoll physics, adding more interactive environments, better A.I., improving bullet-time, adding more speech and lots of levels. Max Payne is a tragic story, yet beautiful and peotic, with a stylish noir feel to it. If you like shooters, with an excellent story; Max Payne 2 gives you both.

Pros:
+intese gun fights
+excellent controls
+excellent graphics
+excellent music
+excellent sound effects
+excellent voice-acting
+excellent story
+ragdoll physics improved
+bullet-time improved
+improved A.I.
+dream sequences improved
+fast loading on XBOX

Cons:
-wish it was longer
-single player game

Another masterpiece for the XBOX.

Waaaay better than expected

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a tremendously underrated game. I received it as a gift -- I'm not sure I would have purchased it if left to my own devices. I would have missed out on one of the most engrossing and coolest video games I've ever played.

Everyone seems to be into the non-linear games and "hundreds of hours", etc., etc., but what games of that nature lack is plot. There's a lot to be said for a good story, with good characters, and most games don't offer that these days. Max Payne 2 plays (and reads) like a very dark graphic novel, with an excellent cast and some cool turns in the plot. It's a movielike experience, with some weight to the emotions evoked -- grief, remorse, anger/revenge, love, and the confusion that results when that love isn't with whom you expect, and with someone you're unable to trust. It also incorporates some very cool, one might even say "trippy" nightmare scenes.

On top of all that, the game not only provides a welcome break from all those 1st person shooters (you play in the 3rd person), but it includes its vaunted matrix-like "bullet-time" to great advantage. Simply one of the coolest games I've ever played. I'd say it took me about 12 hours to complete it, and I liked the game so much, I did it in two days! Beating the game also unlocks other play modes, so I imagine I'll be wading back in...

excellent game!!...but it's really short

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i bought this game on late december, but i didn't have time to play it until january, but when i started i couldn't stop 'til the end! the game is really good, not so hard not so easy, and absolutely not-frustrating (especially for the quick save). the game is short, that's a bad thing for some people, but i don't care, i like to move on from game to game quickly (otherwise i'd probably get bored). i reccomend renting this game rather than buying it. i forgot, the story is also really good but u have to pay attention or u might get lost, especially if u didn't play the first one (like me)

WOW!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I never played Max Payne the first one. I decided to check out the sequel and see what is the big deal with everything. First of all Max Payne's story line keeps you guessing throughout the story, things you might never guess happens. In the begining, it is a little confusing when you are in the hospital and you see the chief dead, but you will catch on. Game play wise the game is also ranked high, Max's movement is realistics so are the enemies, facial expression are real most of the times(except when they talk), Bullet Time is a little repetive, however it is not a - at all. Graphics is definitely improvement over the first one. Replay value is pretty high because it only has 3 parts and each has about 6 or 7 chapters, so there is only about 20 missions and you can play it on several difficulties so you might play it again.

Gameplay: 9
Graphics: 9
Story line: 8.5
Replay Value: 7.5
Overall: 8.5

Good game. Too short, too little freedom.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Nice graphics on Xbox. Strictly scripted--interesting plot--but very little freedom of choice. Basically, I played through the game without stopping, watched all the cutscenes and everything, and the game didn't even take ten hours. Maybe like six. No puzzles. Minor exploration. Lots of gunning down dudes. Cute plot points, lots of film refs (I esp. liked the running parallelism between Max's story and an in-game TV show called "Address Unknown"...a dead ringer for Twin Peaks.). The girl is hot. The guns blaze. It's a cool game, but way, waaaay too brief. Glad I rented it.

Look for the secret room in Part One, Chapter Seven. "In Memoriam, Miika Forssell." Very cool.

Rock Star's Finest

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The innovative Grand Theft series gets all the press, but for me, Max Payne is tops. As far as 3rd-person action/shooters go, it can't be matched. The graphic novel cut-scenes are compelling and, along with the moody orchestral score ( think the Angel theme ), really draw the player into Max's noir state-of-mind. Yeah it's short, but a game this fully imagined and atmospheric is a rare thing. If only all M-rated games were as sophisticated and intelligent. Sure there's blood, profanity, and a little sex, but it's never excessive or gratuitous and it serves to enhance the grim story, always reminding the player that this ain't Marioland. To wrap it up, every single aspect of this game is expertly done: Gameplay, levels ( the theme/amusement park is genius ), sound, voice-acting and story. Highest recommendation, can't wait for #3!

1 of the greatest games ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Now listen i'm tired of hearing about all of the insults and rips on this game. For starters Max Payne will put his foot straight up vercetti's ass. This game should be made into a movie it's just that great. It still has the great graphics and yeah the graphics are great sorry if you people can't get the d**k out of your eye to see that. And one of the greatest things ever the slow motion diving that every other game keeps copying off of but still won't be as great. People seriously i'm going to be dead straight with you this game is awesome! Now Max Payne 2 still has the same great dark and suspensefulness that it had in the first one. Don't get me wrong i know you've been hearing it's shorter than the first but still packs the same great punch!! It's 1 of the best games ever any REAL gamer would know that!!! Buy it if you don't have it i swear you won't be dissapointed.

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